Package: po-debconf
Version: 1.0.10
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hello Nicolas,
as promised here are my suggested changes. Some general remarks before:
*)To indicate hyphes, I consequently used \\(hy (in the German version). 
  You might consider using it in the English template as well.
*)I am not a native (but still good) English speaker. So after implemting
  (most|all) changes, you might want to run the man pages past a second
  (fluent|native) English speaker.
*)I noticed, that you cited other programms without specifing the man page
  section. I did not comment this below, but I think it is custom to add
  the man page section (at least for the first occurence in a man page).
*)Please do *not* simply unfuzzy translations. At least for German, I tried
  to faithfully reproduce the English original, even if I sometimes suggested
  a change (because I thought you might mean something different). 
*)Please note that I did not look for punctuation, if you are interested,
  I can provide you with web pages dedicated to proof reading punctuation.

Also please note, that several lines contain *multiple* changes.

-"Each input file is renamed with a C<.old> suffix, and new master file "
+"Each input file receives an C<.old> suffix, and new master file "

-"overwrites the old one; it is identical to the master file except that an "
+"overwrites the old one; it is identical to the previous master file except 
that an "

-"into a temporary template file, which is passed as an argument of "
-"B<debconf-gettextize>.  The following steps are then performed:"
+"into a temporary template file, which is to B<debconf-gettextize> as an "
"argument.  Then the following steps are performed:"

-msgid "Display a usage summary program and exit."
+msgid "Display a usage summary for the program and exit."

-"Set directory for PO files.  Default is to search PO files in the F<po> "
+"Set directory for PO files.  Default is to search for PO files in the F<po> "

-"C<Multiselect>, because value has to be chosen amongst B<English> list of "
+"C<Multiselect>, because a value has to be chosen amongst the B<English> list 
of "

-"This program reads F<po/POTFILES.in> to find which master files are looked "
-"at, then extract new gettext strings into F<po/templates.pot> and update all "
+"This program reads F<po/POTFILES.in> to determine which master files need to "
+"be processed, then extracts new gettext strings into F<po/templates.pot> and "
+"updates all "

-"directory, or in F<debian> or F<debian/po> subdirectories.  It is run by "
+"directory, or in the F<debian> or F<debian/po> subdirectories.  It is run by 
a"

-"variable must point to a filename containing the encoding map),"
+"variable must point to a name of a file containing the encoding map)."

-"developer and/or translator to update PO files when English text is modified "
+"developer and/or translator to update PO files when the English text is 
modified "

-"distribution with no notification to the Debian maintainer."
+"distribution without a notification to the Debian maintainer."

-"Lines beginning with a number sign (C<#>) are comments in templates files, "
-"they are useful to give hints to translators, and are discarded by "
+"Lines beginning with a number sign (C<#>) are comments in templates files. "
+"They are useful to give hints to translators, and are discarded by "

-"B<po2debconf>.  Special comments have been introduced in C<po-debconf> 1.0, "
-"they are in the form C<#flag:I<directive>>.  The C<#flag:partial> is the "
+"B<po2debconf>.  Special comments have been introduced in C<po-debconf> 1.0. "
+"They are of the form C<#flag:I<directive>>.  The C<#flag:partial> is the "

-"is translated if all paragraphs are translated.  When a field succeeds "
+"is translated if all paragraphs are translated.  When a field contains "

-"  #   Sharp is comment sign\n"
+"  #   Number sign is comment sign\n"

-"output format.  It contains a single line, first field is output format "
+"output format.  It contains a single line, the first field is the output 
format "

"single line"
"single line."

-"the B<dh_installdebconf> script (make sure to have a versionned build "
+"the B<dh_installdebconf> script (make sure to have a versioned build "

-"The first one contains only the English text, and mark some fields to be "
+"The first one contains only the English text, and contains marks to denote 
some fields to be "

-"field.  (Note: with C<po-debconf> E<lt> 1.0, the comment was written only "
+"field.  (Note: with C<po-debconf> E<lt> 1.0, the comment was printed only "

-"The example above has a comment without C<#flag:comment> directive, an "
+"The example above has a comment without C<#flag:comment> directive, where an "

-"e.g.  C<Description-de.ISO-8859-1> or C<Choices-ru.KOI8-R>.  By default "
+"e.g. C<Description-de.ISO-8859-1> or C<Choices-ru.KOI8-R>.  By default "

-"(ie, the ones needing translator's attention because the original changed)"
+"(i.e., the ones needing translator's attention because the original changed)"

-"For the same reason, B<debconf-gettextize> can mark fuzzy text because of "
+"For the same reason, B<debconf-gettextize> can mark text fuzzy because of "

-"considered, so you should make sure your source package do provide them."
+"considered, so you should make sure your source package does provide them."

-"maintainer as bug report of severity B<minor> with the B<patch> tag."
+"maintainer as bug report of severity B<wishlist> with the B<patch> tag."

-"PO file.  If you want to check a translation in another language, you need "
+"the PO file.  If you want to check a translation in another language, you 
need "

-"strings are displayed instead of the localized ones.  You have then to "
+"strings are displayed instead of the localized ones.  You then have to "

-"This program reads F<debian/po/*.po> to find which files contain fuzzy or "
+"This program reads F<debian/po/*.po> to determine which files contain fuzzy 
or "
-"translator requesting for updates.  The mail will contain the PO file which "
+"translator requesting updates.  The mail will contain the PO file which "

-"B<podebconf-report-po> can also be used to send call for translations to a "
+"B<podebconf-report-po> can also be used to send a call for translations to a "

-"Different template exist for translation update requests, request to send "
+"Different templates exist for translation update requests, request to send "

-"updated PO files to a bug report (B<--submit>) or for call for translations "
+"updated PO files to a bug report (B<--submit>) or for calls for translations "

-"Specify where are located the PO files.  By default, B<podebconf-report-po> "
+"Specify where the PO files are located.  By default, B<podebconf-report-po> "

-"Specify a list of languages to restrict ending the notification only for "
+"Specify a list of languages to restrict sending the notification only for "

-"these languages.  The list on languages is comma separated. The PO files "
+"these languages.  The list of languages is comma separated. The PO files "

-"Lines starting by a pound sign (possibly preceded by spaces) are comments "
+"Lines starting by a number sign (possibly preceded by spaces) are comments "

-"(i.e. follow the I<Reply-To> tag or sending the PO to a given bug report)."
+"(e.g. follow the I<Reply-To> tag or sending the PO to a given bug report)."

-"Replaced by the statistics of the PO found in the PO directory (in the "
+"Replaced by the statistics of the PO files found in the PO directory (in the "

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